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African oracles in 10 minutes / R. T. Kaser.

LIBRA - Rare BF1773.2.N6 K37 1996 Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kaser, R. T.
Contributor:
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Divination--Nigeria.
Divination.
Fortune-telling by shells.
Yoruba (African people)--Religion.
Yoruba (African people).
Santeria.
Cowries--Miscellanea.
Cowries.
Nigeria.
Genre:
Trivia and miscellanea.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xxi, 436 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Other Title:
African oracles in ten minutes
Place of Publication:
New York : Avon Books, [1996]
Contents:
The Starting Point Reading #0
Part I. The White Cotton Road (The Female Path)
Master Answer Section for Part I The White Cotton Road (Seashell Divination)
Part II. The Melon Seed Road (The Male Path)
Master Answer Section for Part II The Melon Seed Road (Palm-Nut Divination).
Notes:
"First Avon Books Trade Printing: January 1996."
"The fonts used in this book for shells, bones, and other figures were designed by the author using ALTSYS fontographer V 4.0 for the Macintosh ..."
Publisher's advertisements: [1] page at end.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-424) and index.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
ISBN:
0380781328
9780380781324
OCLC:
32700404

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